Alf Ivar Hildrum (born 18 April 1948) is a Norwegian

media executive A media proprietor, also called a media executive, media mogul, media tycoon, or press baron is an entrepreneur who controls any means of public or commercial mass media, through the personal ownership or holding of a dominant position within a ...

and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Overhalla Municipality Overhalla is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ranemsletta (also called ''Overhalla''). Other villages include Melen, Hunn, Skogmo ...

. A siv.øk. by education, he worked as an information secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Shipping from 1977 to 1978. He was then promoted to private secretary (today known as political advisor) in the same ministry, succeeding Tove Strand Gerhardsen. He was a journalist in Arbeidernes Pressekontor from 1979 to 1981, editor-in-chief of '' Bergens Arbeiderblad'' from 1981 to 1984, subeditor in Arbeidernes Pressekontor from 1984 to 1988, chief executive officer of

A-pressen Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is Schibsted and the third largest is Polaris Media). The company is whole or partial owner of 50 local and regional newspaper with online newspapers and printing presses, and ...

from 1988 to 2007 and then chief executive officer of TV 2.

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1948 births Living people People from Overhalla Norwegian civil servants Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian newspaper editors Norwegian television executives TV 2 (Norway) people {{Norway-writer-stub